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Mad Mullahs protest constitution.
Hat tip LGF. al-Reuters.
Around 2,000 supporters of a hard-line Shi’ite Muslim group gathered in Baghdad Friday to jump up and down and make faces denounce the country’s new interim constitution, in the latest show of temper strength by Shi’ites demanding greater influence.
Tap, tap, nope.
The protesters were mostly supporters of the "Group of the Virtuous," a Shi’ite group calling for direct implementation of Islamic law and the establishment of a theocratic political system similar to Iran’s.
Surprise meter busted.
"They want Iraq to split into many countries, and they want us to be their subjects," they chanted. "We will never accept a constitution written by the Jews."
"My harp just burst a string. Did yours?" "Yes." "Yes."
Sheik Mohammad al-Yaaqubi, a self-proclaimed ayatollah who heads the group, said Shi’ite rights were being ignored.
"We need the right to enslave women and kill infidels!"
I think I'll declare myself Pope of something. Then any time I don't approve of something, I'll be able to get a few thousand yokels to take to the streets to try and intimidate people.
"It’s the first democracy in which the opinion of the minority is dominant, while the majority are fighting for survival," he said in a statement.
Then his lips fell off and his legs shrank.
"This law has lots of gaps that can bring evil. Whatever is said to justify this document...is false."
Then he turned into a pillar of salt and could say no more.
Shi’ites, who suffered years of oppression under Saddam Hussein, make up around 60 percent of the population. Many say the interim constitution gives minority groups like the Kurds too much influence over Iraq’s future.
"You damn Merkins, don’t you know they’re beast-people!?"
Iraq’s U.S.-appointed Governing Council signed the document Monday, but most Shi’ite council members said they were unhappy with it and hoped to make changes. Iraq’s most revered Shi’ite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, issued a statement after the signing saying the interim constitution was deeply flawed. The document will guide an Iraqi government due to take power on June 30 until a permanent constitution is drawn up next year. At the Baghdad protest, young men waving Iraqi flags chanted slogans denouncing the United States and Israel.
"Heil Haman!"
"This constitution does not represent us. It is an attempt to stop the Islamists from taking power in this country. We denounce this constitution that was written by American hands." said Ahmad Saed, 32, a shop owner who attended the prayers. "The religious authority was not consulted in this constitution, it’s a pre-made dish cooked by the Americans and their puppets in the Governing Council. We are ready to sacrifice our lives to change this constitution," said Sheikh Hadi Waeli, another protester.
"Too much freedom, not enough tyranny!"
They were also ready to sacrifice their lives to defend Sammy, but we won't go into that...
Moqtada al-Sadr, a radical Shi’ite cleric with a large following among the Shi’ite urban poor in Baghdad, also denounced the constitution in a Friday sermon.
Wonder how Moqtada likes being dismissed as an also-rant?

Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-03-12
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